McShay vs Kiper : Who won?

April 25, 2013

For the last two months all we’ve been hearing is Todd McShay’s and Mel Kiper Jr.’s draft projections. It’s like that every year around this time, but I realized we never hear the results. All the debates and opinions thrown around, and then we completely forget about them. Not anymore, here are the results as a gist of the 1st round of the 2013 NFL Draft, along with final scores for each guy.

Note: Obviously during the draft teams trade picks; this is not accounted for in the projections. However, the projected picks should be recognized. For example, St. Louis was scheduled to have the 16th overall pick, but they traded with Buffalo to move that up to the 8th pick. They ended up picking Tavon Austin then, who Todd McShay projected they would pick when their pick came around. Taking these situations into account here are the adjusted scores for the two “experts” in the first round; adjusted players in parentheses: